Kieran's blood ran cold at those words. A whole noble family had been wiped out just because they refused to give up their heritage and stand for what was right.
Jake's story explained what the noble guy meant by "adopted child of a fallen noble family". Those words were pretty accurate, it wasn't something made up or something twisted that they had come up with.
Jake wasn't done with his story though, as he continued after closing his eyes for a period of time, collecting his emotions.
It seemed like those memories affected not just Ruby, but him too. He had mentioned that both families were extremely close.
That brought the question to Kieran,
'Where were the Blake's when the Gale family were being executed.'
From how close Jake described it, he had started to think that both familes were even situated close to each other.
"We failed that night!"